Hearing this, Pang De stepped forward, hugged his fists with confidence on his face and said: "Young master, rest assured, in my opinion, the Wuheng cavalry is nothing more than a local chicken and a dog, and it is easy to destroy!" ”

Ma Chao nodded slightly: "Wuheng people know that my Xiliang army has not withdrawn and dare to attack, so I must be prepared if I want to come!" Ling Ming should not be careless to underestimate the enemy. Originally, he was going to go back to Xiliang with Ma Dai and Ma Tie, and after he came back, he would go to Luoyang to ask for merit for Er, and the matter here would be handed over to General Ling Ming and Wang Shuang. One of you is responsible for annihilating the invading enemy of Wuheng, and the other is responsible for training the Hun cavalry, so don't let me down! ”

The two of them were excited when they heard this, Ma Chao was able to entrust this important task, it can be seen that he trusts them very much, the two glanced at each other, clasped their fists and said in unison: "The young master (lord) rest assured, we will ensure that the royal court Dazhai is foolproof!" ”

"Hmm!" Ma Chao nodded with satisfaction, and said: "As for the important task of garrisoning the palace village, General Yang Yuan is in charge, and at the same time, it is necessary to organize manpower to repair the city wall, strengthen the city gate, and dig a moat outside the city, and put up a horse rejection and fence." This project is time-consuming and laborious, and there are not enough people to recruit the able-bodied men of the Han and Huns in the vicinity, and I will then dispatch Fa Zheng to lead the logistics troops to assist the general! ”

Yang Yuan clasped his fists and saluted: "Young master, rest assured, the last general will do his best and live up to his trust!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma said: "There are many carpenters and blacksmiths in Fazheng's logistics troops, who can not only help you at that time, but also make a large number of feather arrows, saddle pedals and other military supplies. With that, he looked at the bearded bones with deep meaning.

Xu Bugu smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, general, why do you need to talk to two families?" If there is no general, Xiao Wang Yan has what he says today? ”

"That's fine, at the same time, the king wants to send people to pay attention to and inquire about the movements of the Xianbei people in the north, since Wuheng dares to attack, how can Xianbei let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs?"

Xu Bugu frowned and said: "Xianbei has been in a state of civil strife and division since the death of Tan Shihuai a few years ago, it stands to reason that there should be no time to invade my Huns, Xiao Wang sent people to pay attention!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma said: "It's a matter of time before you send troops to Xianbei, the art of war: knowing yourself and knowing your opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles!" Ziquan and Zhongqi led the Xiongnu troops to garrison near the royal court to intensify training, and they were going to fight on two fronts, sooner rather than later! When I return, it will be the time for the army to send troops, otherwise if the Xianbei and Wuheng people discover the secret of the saddle pedals, our advantage will be greatly reduced. ”

"Obey!"

After arranging all kinds of matters, Brother Xiaoma, Ma Dai, and Ma Tie led more than 2,500 soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion who had unloaded their saddles and pedals to set off to Xiliang. Pang De and Meng Da led 4,000 elites of the Shenwei battalion to meet Wuheng's 30,000 cavalry, while the remaining Wang Shuang and Ma Xiu continued to train 4,000 Hun cavalry equipped with saddles.

After three days of marching, more than 2,000 people who hurried lightly finally rushed back to the large camp where the law was stationed in Xiliang. In this more than half a month, Fa Zheng was not only responsible for accepting the trophies brought back from the front, but also urging his craftsmen and sergeants to step up the production of saddle shoes and feather arrows. Due to the abundant materials and abundant financial resources, more than 3,000 sets of saddle pedals were produced in more than half a month, countless horseshoes, and 300,000 feather arrows.

Ma Chao was overjoyed, patted Fa Zheng's thin shoulder and praised: "Xiaozhi really has great talents, this time it is the time to use the army, this batch of materials can just solve the urgent needs of our army!" ”

Fa Zhengqian said: "Compared to the lord, I am far behind!" The lord led the army to gallop across the prairie and seized countless materials, not only beating the Huns to fright, but also indirectly relieving the danger of merging states. ”

Brother Xiaoma's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Filial piety is too good, the general is planning to unite the Huns to take advantage of the victory to send troops to Wuheng and Xianbei in the north, and must hit its vitality before the secret of the saddle pedal is revealed, only in this way can our army gain a firm foothold in the prairie." ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said: "What the lord said is very true, now that the Southern Xiongnu is under the control of the lord, as long as Xianbei and Wuheng can be severely damaged, the lord can use the prairie as a base to be proud of the Central Plains, once the world is in turmoil, he can wave the army to the south at any time to build immortal feats, although he is young, he is willing to solve problems for the lord!" ”

Ma Chao laughed and said: "What's the matter if you're young, you're not old if you're ambitious!" Ben Jiang is only twelve years old this year, and it would be useless to only engage in these logistics tasks with filial piety! I am intending to let you lead a large army to the north to conquer Xianbei, I don't know if filial piety can be confident? ”

Fa Zheng was excited when he heard this, and stood up and bowed: "I am willing to drive the Lord Gong, I only need two thousand Shenwei camps to turn Xianbei upside down!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma hurriedly helped him up, and said with a smile: "Okay, Ben will believe that you have this ability, you should prepare first, and hand over the livestock, grain and grass and prisoners and other booty to the Han army general, and at the same time, I will allocate you another 2,000 elite soldiers, and bring 1,000 logistics troops under your command to prepare to set off to the Xiongnu royal court, and Ben will rush back after three or five days to set off together!" ”

"Obey!" Fa Zheng was overjoyed, and the two chatted carefully about some details, and they were still unsatisfied until late at night.

The next time, Ma Chao went to visit the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion who were recuperating here, and each of them was heavily rewarded, and at the same time, more than 2,500 people who had just been brought back from the grassland were re-equipped with saddle pedals and strong bows and feather arrows, and the morale of the soldiers was high and they could fight at any time. After settling the army, Ma Chao took Ma Dai and Ma Tie to lead a hundred horsemen to the Xiliang Taishou Mansion in Ma Teng, Wuwei County.

To say that Ma Teng, the Xiliang Taishou, is a bit incorrect and unreasonable, it is completely an official position made up by Dong Zhuo in order to separate Ma and Han. As far as the official position of the Eastern Han Dynasty is concerned, the history of the assassin is originally a state supervisor, and the relationship between the state assassin and the county taishou is a relationship between supervision and supervision, not a subordinate relationship.

Until March of the fifth year of Zhongping (188), Taichang Liu Yan wrote to Emperor Ling on the grounds that the world was constantly fighting, suggesting that the assassin should be changed to the state pastor to renew his duties. In order to suppress the peasant uprisings and the remnants of the gold thieves, Emperor Ling changed the assassination history to the state pastor from Liu Yan's proposal, and selected Lieqing and Shangshu as the state pastor. Since then, the governor has become the chief executive above the county, holding the military and political power of the state, and holding a very important position.

At this time, although there was no state pastor, in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, some state assassins had already taken the opportunity to become bigger and held the military and political power of a state, and there was no difference between them and the state pastor, but they were the same as Ma Teng, and they were also incorrect and unreasonable.

Ma Teng is the Taishou of Xiliang, it stands to reason that there should be a Xiliang County, but Xiliang is Liangzhou, a state and not a county, so Ma Teng is really a titular Taishou, and it can also be said to be the Taishou of any county in Xiliang. Dong Zhuo's name is Liangzhou Thorn History, Ma Teng is the Taishou of Xiliang, and Han Sui is the general of Zhengxi, and the relationship between the three is like that of the secretary of the provincial party committee, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor.

Dong Zhuo, the secretary of the provincial party committee, deliberately did not say which county Ma Teng was too guarded, and at the same time asked Han Sui to supervise the Xiliang military, the purpose was to let the two people with heavy troops kill each other. Of course, the two of them can see through Dong Zhuo's intentions, but this is a conspiracy, because the territory occupied by the two of them is the counties in the west of Xiliang, the land is barren and the population is barren, and there is a world of difference compared with Dong Zhuo's four counties near the Weihe Plain in Guanzhong.

If the two want to keep the army under their command, they have to fight to maintain the cost of the army, but how can one mountain accommodate two tigers? Even if the two of them do not fight for the sake of righteousness, they must be disarmed, so that the goal of weakening the two can also be achieved.

Historically, the two have maintained restraint until after Dong Zhuo's death because of the disagreement between Ma Chao and Han Sui's generals. First, Ma Teng killed Han Sui regardless of his righteousness, and then Han Sui organized an army to take revenge, not only defeated Ma Teng, but also killed Ma Teng's wife Zou, and the two completely tore their faces and became enemies.

And now, because of the arrival of Brother Xiaoma, Ma Teng's army has achieved the purpose of feeding the war with war, but the target is not Han Sui, but the Southern Xiongnu. In fact, in history, Ma Chao once broke the Southern Xiongnu and Yuan Shao coalition forces, and the Southern Xiongnu who fought were only kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and what Xiao Ma did only advanced history by a few years. At this point, the general trend of history has changed, at least the Southern Xiongnu can no longer participate in the Central Plains War, and Cai Wenji does not have to be plundered to be a concubine of King Zuoxian for twelve years.

It took less than two days for the three of them to rush back to Wuwei County, Liangzhou, and the first thing they did after returning to Mafu was to visit their mother. Zou and Zhao were very happy to see their son return, and praised the three of them greatly, but the fly in the ointment was that Ma Xiu failed to come back, and Zou also scolded Xiao Ma for this. Six-year-old Ma Yunlu even threw himself into the arms of Little Brother Ma and cried, refusing to come down for anything, and threatening to go to war with the army. Brother Xiao Ma was helpless for a while, so he had to hand over the glorious matter of coaxing his sister to Ma Dai and Ma Tie, and he came to Ma Teng's Xiliang Taishou Mansion alone with a pair of saddle pedals.

"The child has seen his father! I've seen Uncle Han! Ma Teng had already received the news of Ma Chao's return from a big victory, and he was waiting anxiously in Taishou Mansion at the moment, and so was Han Sui beside him.

Ma Teng laughed proudly: "I don't have to be polite! You have defeated the Southern Huns this time, and your exploits are powerful, and I can be regarded as taking advantage of your boy's light to be very majestic, this is not! Your Uncle Han is starting to get jealous. ”

Han Sui is his future father-in-law, and the relationship with Ma Teng has been in the honeymoon period in recent years, and Brother Xiao Ma has also met several times, so he is naturally no stranger.

Han Sui glanced at Brother Xiao Ma deeply, and said with a complicated expression: "The virtuous nephew is really good, he can be like this at the age of twelve, and his future achievements are probably limitless, and sooner or later, the little Xiliang land will not be able to accommodate you, a hidden dragon, a pity, a pity!" After saying that, he sighed deeply.

Brother Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "What does Uncle Han mean by this?" I don't know what's the pity? ”

Han Sui looked lonely and sighed: "The little girl is blessed, the old disease recurred seven days ago and died, I'm afraid I can't marry a virtuous nephew as a wife, wouldn't it be a pity!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment, there was no joy or sorrow in his heart, he had already prepared for this matter, Ma Chao in history had two wives, the main wife Yang, and the second wife Dong, which had nothing to do with Han Sui's daughter, and sighed sadly after thinking about it: "It's a pity! Pity! I heard that the sister of the Han family is knowledgeable, beautiful and dignified, surnamed Ge Xianhui, Uncle Han is a rare hero in Xiliang, and his father has been friends like brothers since childhood, and now my sister has died of illness, which is really super blessed! ”

Starting Point Chinese Network welcomes the majority of book friends to come and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serialized works starting point original!;